China · Beijing · 39.907, 116.397 (approximate location)

MNSR IAE

MNSR IAE, a research reactor (tank) in Beijing, China, with 27 kW of thermal power, operated by Department of Reactor Engineering & Technology. Operating, first critical in 1984.

By thermal power it ranks 15th among the 18 research reactors operating in China. It went critical 26 years after the first research reactor in China, HWRR-II (1958). It is one of 36 tank-type reactors operating worldwide, spread across 23 countries. Its declared uses include teaching, training and activation analysis.

Country

China

City

Beijing

Type

Tank

Thermal power

27 kW

Operator

Department of Reactor Engineering & Technology

Status

Operating

First criticality

1984

Purpose

Teaching, training, activation analysis

See also: every research reactor in China · How research reactors work